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1981 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Middlesex County Ethics Committee v. Garden State Bar Association et al.

457 U.S. 423 · 102 S. Ct. 2515 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 2638

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
81-460
U.S. Reports
457 U.S. 423
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 2515
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 2638

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 4 concurring

How each justice voted in Middlesex County Ethics Committee v. Garden State Bar Association et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence

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